Episcopal Conference of Austria

The Conference functions in accordance with the Documents of the Second Vatican Council, in particular the Christus Dominus Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops (37/38), the 1983 Code of Canon Law (Cann. 447–459), and its own constitutions. Its legal position as a formal corporation under public law and representative body of a state-recognised religious community was confirmed by a 1933 concordat between the Holy See and the First Austrian Republic. ==Active Members==

Conference Leadership • Franz Lackner O.F.M., Archbishop of Salzburg (chairman) • Manfred Scheuer, Bishop of Linz (deputy chairman) Members • Alois Schwarz, Bishop of Sankt Pölten • Werner Freistetter, Military Ordinary of Austria • Josef Marketz, Bishop of Gurk • Benno Elbs, Bishop of Feldkirch • Wilhelm Krautwaschl, Bishop of Graz-Seckau • Aegidius Zsifkovics, Bishop of Eisenstadt • Hermann Glettler, Bishop of Innsbruck • Franz Scharl, Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna • Stephan Turnovszky, Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna • Hansjörg Hofer, Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg • Anton Leichtfried, Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten • Johannes Freitag, Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau • Vinzenz Wohlwend, O.Cist., Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey • Josef Grünwidl, Archbishop of Vienna ==Chairmen==

• Cardinal Theodor Innitzer (1933–1955), Archbishop of Vienna • Archbishop Andreas Rohracher (1955–1959), Archbishop of Salzburg • Cardinal Franz König (1959–1985), Archbishop of Vienna • Archbishop Karl Berg (1985–1989), Archbishop of Salzburg • Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer, O.S.B. (1989–1995), Archbishop of Vienna • Bishop Johann Weber (1995–1998), Bishop of Graz–Seckau • Cardinal Christoph Schönborn O.P. (1998–2020), Archbishop of Vienna • Archbishop Franz Lackner O.F.M. (2020–present), Archbishop of Salzburg ==See also==